Friday, May 10, 2013

This one time I searched my Gmail
folder where I kept all the marketing emails I got for “Last chance” or “You
must upgrade by midnight”, I was surprised to see repeating emails. So never
take those emails seriously, in fact this attitude shows that they are missing
their monthly or quarterly sale target. So you could call their customer
support and get a good bargain.

2. N% off is most likely
N% more the price you can get elsewhere.

Whenever you see the price for
something that says that it is after some percentage off, they are not basing
their information on the right List price of that product. They are making up a “List
price”. Always search for the same product through either the part-number or short-description on other websites and search engines.

3. Unsubscribe sometimes results into more emails from different
vendors.

I have always wondered why I am
getting emails from a company who want to sell me the prescription medicines
for cheap, who gave them my email address. Until I read in a PCMag article that many small businesses; when they
learn that you are cutting them loose, they still keep a list of people like you including your email address, name and other information and sell them out. The article suggested
to “block” future emails from that business than unsubscribe. Unsubscribing
actually lets them know that your email is a legit email which is checked
frequently.

4. Offer that is only for you is sometimes not true.

Sometimes those small business
owners who are desperately trying to reach their sales goals without having to
invest money on billboards and TV ads. They not only lower the price, but to
make it sound even better, they tell you that this offer is only for you and
everybody else is having to pay the actual price.

5. Never fall for Message from CEO

Do you think a legitimate
business’ CEO would have nothing better to do than emailing you to sell a thirty-dollar
membership ? To have some fun, call that business and tell them you are
replying CEO’s email through phone and you need to speak with him about
membership. Tell them you cannot speak with anybody else.

Picture taken from North of the islands, On the left is Little Island which is in USA and right is the big island in Russia.

Here is a small fun factOn the west edge of Little Diomede Island in Alaska, there is a small town called Diomede, AK which has a population of about 125. In winter time, the Bering waters around that area get frozen, and some residents of Diomede, AK like to take a short walk on the frozen sea waters to Russia. Off course, Russia does not like it, but they know that the island in Siberia is remote and no one lives there so people walking into Russia to feel good about themselves is not a concern for Russian authorities.Here is the actual fun partThe Big Diomede Island is 23 hours ahead of Little Diomede Island. Which means whatever time it is right now in Little Diomede Island in Alaska, its about the same time next day in Big Diomede Island in Siberia, Russia. So right now as of me writing this post, its 10:30 PM in Diomede, AK Saturday. It is 9:30 PM Sunday in Big Island.Can travelling from Big island to Little island be considered as a "Back to the future" travel?